Union township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 17.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 816 (all rural)
| Males: 413 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 403 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 816 (705 owner occupied, 111 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Union township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 41.3
Median age of females: 41.6
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Average household size: 2.53
| Union township: | 2.5 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.90
| Union township: | $41,219 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $429 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,536 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
| : | $86,536 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 46 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Pinecrest Golf Course (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Pine Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Long Run (A), Kyle Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
73% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 742
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 18
- South: 17
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 286
- Two: 6
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 111
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 72 (13 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (10%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (22%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (25.4%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (12.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.6%)
- Dutch (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 346 (86%)
- Carpooled: 38 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
98.7% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 808- In family households: 701 (218 male householders, 23 female householders)
210 spouses, 234 children (223 natural, 2 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 4 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (37 male householders (31 living alone)), 46 female householders (39 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 126 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 3 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
143 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (8 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |